https://www.balitripservices.com Bali Trip Service - Bali Tour - Bali Trips and Travel Guide Mon, 24 Nov 2025 06:07:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 https://www.balitripservices.com/bali-information/balinese-dances/ https://www.balitripservices.com/bali-information/balinese-dances/#comments Sat, 17 Dec 2011 07:35:52 +0000 Made Sutrayasa http://www.balitripservices.com/?p=5395 Balinese Dances – Custom and entertainment Dances

Theater and dance is an integral part of Balinese culture. Balinese dances are famous all over the world and the Balinese themselves take them very seriously. Birthdays, weddings, and temples festivals are all occasions for dramatic performances and dance is inextricably linked with the Balinese religion. The commercial performances for tourists that are today offered on a daily basis in several places of Bali do, of course, not have the same religious significance and atmosphere of a dance that is performed at a real temple festival. The Kecak is an unusual Balinese dance for a couple of reasons. First, there is no musical accompaniment. The gamelan is not there. Rhythm is provided by a chanting ‘monkey’ chorus. The polyrhythmic sound of the chanting provides the name, ‘Ke-chak’. If black magic prevails, a village fails into danger, and extensive purification ceremonies become necessary to restore a proper equilibrium for the health of the community. Dramatic art is also a mea of cleansing the village by strengthening its resistance to harmful forces through offerings, prayers and acts of exorcism. Such is the symbolic play of the two remarkable presences-the Barong and Rangda. Barong, a mystical creature with a long way back and curved tail, represent the affirmative, the protector of mankind, the glory of the high sun, and the lavorable spirits associated with the right and.white magic. He took the costume from Kebyar Legong, but to move in a squatting position he had to hold up the train with one hand as he moved and this became the hallmark of the dance. The mood of Kebyar Duduk is determined by the music, and the dancer works in close co-ordination with the entire gamelan to interpret its shifting colors. In legends, Legong is the heavenly dance of divine nymphs. Of all classical Balinese dances, it remains the quintessence of femininity and grace. Girls from the age of five aspire to be selected to represent the community as Legong dancers.

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